Sherlock

HYBRID Potatoes

SHERLOCK HYBRID – a synthesis of proven air separation technology and food safety optimized flap separation that sorts acceptable products, foreign material and defective products perfectly into 3 grades in just one pass.

The precision sophisticated Chemical Imaging Technology (CIT®) offered by all SHERLOCKS has been further enhanced in the SHERLOCK HYBRID by high resolution color camera technology. CIT® enables assessment of the whole near infrared spectrum and analysis of objects’ chemical composition, regardless of color, shape, surface or density. High-resolution color cameras synthesize additional information on color, shape and surface for each individual object (MULTI SENSOR FUSION). It is this high density information that enables clear determinations to be made about whether to remove objects by means of air (optimal yield for product defects) or flaps (most reliable removal method for foreign bodies), and that separates your product reliably into 3 quality grades (MULTI REJECT FUSION).The SHERLOCK HYBRID meets the highest standards of hygienic design and can be used throughout food processing in either wet or dry environments.

DETECTION OF FOREIGN BODIES

DETECTION OF COLOR DEFECTS

DETECTION OF SHAPE DEFECTS

DETECTION OF CHEMICAL DEFECTS

SORTING BY SIZE (LENGTH AND WIDTH)

MULTI SENSOR FUSION

MULTI REJECT FUSION:

High Speed Air Valve System

Safeguard Dropgate System

SIZE STATISTICS

DEFECT STATISTICS

REJECT STATISTICS

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION MONITORING (E.G. DRY MATTER)

INDUSTRY 4.0 DATA PREPARATION IN DATABASE

REMOTE ACCESS

The flap ensures that foreign bodies classified as heavy by CIT®, such as plastics, metal or glass, are removed reliably.

Color defects identified by RGB cameras are discarded using air jets to maximize yield.

The combination of CIT® and RGB cameras means that information on chemical composition, color and shape can be synthesized for every object. For example burnt fries can be recognized and discarded by means of the air jets so as to maximize yield.

CIT® reliably classifies scraps, enabling them to be removed by the air jets so as to maximize yield.

High-resolution RGB cameras reliably identify differences in size as well as shape and discard them so as to maximize yield (short cut removal in french fries).

HIGH SPEED AIR VALVE SYSTEM

Objects are discarded using precisely controlled air jets. These are deployed by means of ultra‑fast magnetic valves that can be controlled to the millisecond. The valves can be activated according to the size of objects in the product stream, which guarantees precise rejection at minimum oversorting.

Safeguard Drop Gate System

The Insort Safeguard Drop Gate System enables you to permanently divert your acceptable product stream. Foreign bodies are dropped down through a trapdoor. No active mechanical touch needs to be applied to foreign bodies to remove them from the product stream, which guarantees that removal is highly reliable. Difficult objects such as large or heavy stones or metal parts, and very light parts such as plastic film, cardboard and paper are also removed reliably. Neighboring flaps are automatically deployed where objects overlap more than one area.